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Third Bhattacharjee Ministry
Members of the Left Front Ministry in the Indian state of West Bengal as in May 2006 were as follows: Cabinet ministers * Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee - Chief minister, Home, Home (P & R), Information & Cultural Affairs, Science & Technology, Minorities development, Darjeeling, Food processing, Horticulture, Development & Planning * Nirupam Sen - Commerce & Industries, Public Undertakings, Industrial Reconstruction * Dr Surjya Kanta Mishra - Health & Family Welfare, Panchayats & Rural Development, Bio-technology, ESI * Gautam Deb - Housing, Public Health Engineering * Dr Asim Dasgupta - Finance, Excise * Subhas Chakraborty - Transport, Youth Services, Sports * Naren De - Agriculture, Consumer Affairs * Kshiti Goswami – PWD * Nandagopal Bhattacharjee - Minor Irrigation, Water Investigation & Development * Kiranmoy Nanda - Fisheries, Aqua-culture, Harbours * Pratim Chatterjee - Fire services, Emergency Services * Partha De - School Education Department * Manab Mukherjee - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourth-most populous and thirteenth-largest state by area in India, as well as the eighth-most populous country subdivision of the world. As a part of the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, it borders Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north. It also borders the Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim and Assam. The state capital is Kolkata, the third-largest metropolis, and seventh largest city by population in India. West Bengal includes the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region, the Ganges delta, the Rarh region, the coastal Sundarbans and the Bay of Bengal. The state's main ethnic group are the Bengalis, with the Bengali Hindus forming the demographic majority. The area's early history featured a succession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States And Territories Of India
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-independence The Indian subcontinent has been ruled by many different ethnic groups throughout its history, each instituting their own policies of administrative division in the region. The British Raj mostly retained the administrative structure of the preceding Mughal Empire. India was divided into provinces (also called Presidencies), directly governed by the British, and princely states, which were nominally controlled by a local prince or raja loyal to the British Empire, which held ''de facto'' sovereignty ( suzerainty) over the princely states. 1947–1950 Between 1947 and 1950 the territories of the princely states were politically integrated into the Indian union. Most were merged into existing provinces; others were organised into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mrinal Banerjee
Mrinal Banerjee (1938 – 3 February 2010) was Power Minister in the Left Front Ministry in the Indian state of West Bengal. He had joined politics as an employee of Durgapur Steel Plant. In spite of his qualifying as an associate member of the Institute of Engineers, he preferred to remain a worker and serve the trade union. He was general secretary of the Steel Workers Federation of India and secretary of the West Bengal State Committee of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions. In 1996, Jyoti Basu inducted him into the state cabinet as Minister for Industrial Reconstruction and State Public Undertakings. He was elected on a CPI(M) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ... ticket from the Durgapur I assembly constituency in 1996, 2001 and 2006. References 1938 bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailen Sarkar
Sailen Sarkar (18 July 1940 —31 December 2013) was a Communist Party of India (Marxist) politician, a minister in the state government, five-time legislator and a CPI(M) secretariat member. Early days Born at Barisal, now in Bangladesh, on 18 July 1940, he was a teacher in early life. In 1956, he joined the movement against the merger of Bengal and Bihar. He acquired the membership of the undivided Communist Party of India in 1960. Electoral achievements Sailen Sarkar was elected, on CPI(M) tickets, to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from English Bazar in 1977, 1982 and 1987. During this period he served as minister of state for municipal affairs and urban development in the Left Front ministry in West Bengal from 1982 to 1987. He was elected from Ratua in 2001 and 2006. He was cabinet minister of food processing from 2001 to 2006, and cabinet minister for environment and parliamentary affairs from 2006 to 2011. ''The Statesman'' wrote, "Sarkar contested in Parl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdur Razzak Molla
Abdur Razzak Molla or Rezzak Mollah was Minister for Land and Land Reforms in the Left Front Ministry in the Indian state of West Bengal. The son of Karim Bukhs Molla, a peasant who cultivated paddy and vegetables, he was attracted to the Communist movement while a college student and started his political career on the peasant front. Abdur Razzak Molla was elected from the Canning Purba seat from 1977 to 2011. He was one of the few ministers to retain his seat in the 2011 elections. In February 2014, the CPI(M) West Bengal State Committee issued a note expelling Razzak Molla from the party for his anti-party activities. He formed a new political party- Bharatiya Naybichar Party (BNP) on Oct 18, 2014. However, Mollah was expelled from the BNP for establishing relationship with Mamata Banerjee and TMC in Jan 2016 and he joined hands with Trinamool Congress officially in Feb 2016. He was made a candidate for the Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (English: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashok Bhattacharya
Ashok Bhattacharya is an Indian politician and the former mayor of Siliguri Municipal Corporation. He is a member of Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). He is a prominent leader of CPI(M) in the northern region of West Bengal. He was the Minister of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs in the Government of West Bengal for three consecutive terms (1996–2011). Early life He was born in 1949 in Siliguri of West Bengal in Independent India. He completed his graduation from University of North Bengal in Siliguri, West Bengal. Political career Ashok Bhattacharya started his political career as a corporator in Siliguri Municipal Corporation. He became the chairman of Siliguri municipality in 1987 and remained as the chairman till 1991. He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Siliguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) as a CPI(M) candidate for the first time in 1991. He is a five-time MLA of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Siliguri. He won elections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School Education Department, West Bengal
Department of School and Higher Education is the department of school education including primary and secondary schools in the state of West Bengal, India. This is the main authority to implement the educational policy of the Government of West Bengal. Activities The department is the nodal body which look after various aspects of school level educations for the state having specific tasks like text book selection, formation of board and councils (West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education), inspection, recruitment of teachers (Government)/ education staff, execution of projects, language policy and schemes, preparation of teaching, training, research etc. There are also have the regular budgeting, audit programs, recognition, up-gradation of schools and legal matters. Ministers At present the Minister-in-Charge of this Department is Mr. Bratya Basu. External links Board of School Education West Bengalofficial website De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Partha De
Partha De (born 1940) is an Indian politician and a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He has served as the School Education Minister and Health Minister in the Government of West Bengal. Political career Partha De has represented Bankura Vidhan Sabha constituency as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal for 5 terms, that is 25 years. He won in 1977, 1987, 1991, 1996 and 2006. He was a runner up in 1982 and 2001. In 2011, he decided to not contest in polls. He had served as the School Education Minister between 2006 and 2011 as a part of the Third Bhattacharjee ministry Members of the Left Front Ministry in the Indian state of West Bengal as in May 2006 were as follows: Cabinet ministers * Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee - Chief minister, Home, Home (P & R), Information & Cultural Affairs, Science & Technology, .... He had also served as the health minister. References {{DEFAULTSORT:De, Partha 1940 births Living people 20th-century B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiranmoy Nanda
Kiranmoy Nanda ( bn, কিরণময় নন্দ; born 16 May 1944) is an Indian politician, belonging to the Samajwadi Party. He was the Fisheries Minister in the Left Front cabinet in the state of West Bengal since 1982 till 2011 when he was succeeded by Congress MLA Abu Hena.''The Telegraph''. Snubs fail, Nanda fires Tughlaq salvo - Whimsical tag on govt' Nanda was the general secretary of the West Bengal Socialist Party for many years. Nanda served as general secretary of the Samajwadi Party between 1996 and 2000 as the WBSP had merged with SP. In 2000, after the Kolkata Municipal Corporation election, Nanda broke with SP and reconstituted the WBSP.''Indian Express''. Kiranmoy returns to SP, will remain a minister' In April 2010 he again became general secretary of SP, as WBSP again merged with SP. Nanda replaced Amar Singh. Nanda is the son of Jyotirmoy Nanda, a prominent academic and social worker in Mugberia in East Midnapore district. Kiranmoy Nanda began his p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kshiti Goswami
Kshiti Goswami (24 January 1943 – 24 November 2019) was an Indian politician from West Bengal belonging to Revolutionary Socialist Party. He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was a minister of West Bengal Government as well. He also served as the secretary of Revolutionary Socialist Party's state unit and general secretary of Revolutionary Socialist Party's central committee. Biography Goswami was elected as a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Dhakuria in 1991. He was also elected from Dhakuria in 1996. He was elected again from Dhakuria in 2006. Goswami was a minister of the West Bengal Government The Government of West Bengal also known as the West Bengal Government, is the subnational government of the Indian state of West Bengal , created by the National Constitution as the state's legislative, executive and judicial authority. The .... He served as Public Works Department Minister of West Bengal Government from 1996 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subhas Chakraborty
Subhas Chakraborty (18 March 1942 – 3 August 2009) was an Indian politician belonged to Communist Party of India (Marxist) who served as Minister of Transport, Sports and Youth Services in the Government of West Bengal. Early life Chakraborty was born in Bengali Hindu Brahmin family of 1942 in Dhaka, British India to Hemchandra Chakraborty and Labonyoprobha Debi. His political career began from his residence in Dum Dum. It was a refugee colony. Subhas Chakraborty studied at Dum Dum Motijheel College, which was then affiliated with the prestigious University of Calcutta. Thereafter, he was the Secretary of the Bengal Provincial Students' Federation, and after that served as the General Secretary of the SFI. In 1962 he joined the still undivided Communist Party of India (CPI) and in the 1964 party split, he aligned with the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Early political life Chakraborty was elected as Secretary of the Bengal Provincial Students' Federation in 1969 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asim Dasgupta
Dr. Asim Kumar Dasgupta (born 30 October 1945) is an Indian economist and politician. He served as minister of finance and excise in the Left Front ministry in the Indian state of West Bengal. He was the MLA of Khardaha constituency for twenty-four years until 13 May 2011, when he was defeated by FICCI secretary general Amit Mitra by a landslide 26,154 votes in the 2011 Assembly Election of West Bengal. He was one of the 26 ministers who lost his seat this historic defeat of Communist Party of India (Marxist) led Left Front government. Education and early life He started his school life in Malda Zilla School and Then he earned his Undergraduate and Postgraduate Degrees in Economics from the University of Calcutta. Thereafter he secured a doctorate (PhD) in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He started his career as a college lecturer and retired as a professor of economics at the University of Calcutta, before moving on to a career in politics. Role a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
